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[queenofminiskirts]

WHO: Izuku, Kaoru, Kirishim and Shiho
WHERE: Under the Sea
WHEN: July 13-14
WHAT: Some teenagers decided it's time they explored under the waves.
WARNINGS: ...probably none.



Everything had been going pretty smoothly. They'd gotten the boat out a bit further into the water and then it was just a matter of getting everyone and going under water in a large bubble of air.

And then everything went dark and maybe they should have turned back but they didn't and ten minutes later the bubble burst and well. Here they are now.

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[explodosafe]

[Sighing, Kirishima pushes himself up into a sitting position and rubs the back of his neck.]

I woke up a a bit ago and took a first look around before I got so exhausted that I ended up curling up and passing out for a little longer. That's why I know that there's nothing to fight here.

[An awkward shrug, although the tension in his shoulders betrays that he is ready to jump into action anytime. He isn't going to tell her that he is trying hard to preserve his energy reserves in case they'll need them. At full blast his quirk burns through them fast!]

I couldn't wake you so I figured waiting to see if you'd wake by yourself would be the best bet. Do you know what happened to the others?

[good_ideas]

[Now that she’s calmed down a bit, she can definitely still see that tension if not with her eyes then with her psychometry. With a guilty frown, she realizes that she’s still touching him and takes her hand back.

There really is nothing here, he’s telling the truth.]

...No, I don’t. [And she doesn’t have the Queen Sense to tell her if anything happens to Kaoru.]

Why are we here anyway? Something... must have brought us here and they must have taken Kaoru-chan and Midoriya-san too. [Or done something else to them. If they did, she’s pouring oil into the sea.]

Or is this another one of those fairytale things?

[explodosafe]

I have no clue.

[His fingers flex a little at her ending the touch, but he doesn't even notice it. His mind is too preoccupied wondering what they can do and being relieved that it's not just him on his own anymore.]

I remember some hands that somehow reminded me of Tsuyu's grabbing me and then- Nothing. Either they somehow knocked me out without me even noticing or it was the lack of air. In any case it's not very helpful, sorry.

[He tilts his head at her and nods in agreement before he absentmindedly brushes some stray strands of hair out of his eyes. They sudden bath has washed most of his gel out of his hair - again.]

I haven't heard of a fairytale that includes being pulled into pitch black water. Do you know one?

[good_ideas]

Tsuyu? [She doesn’t know a Tsuyu but she does remember weirdly cold hands.]

...It’s fine. I don’t know either so it’s fine. [She does try not to stare too hard at his hair though. Kaoru has told her before that he’s sensitive about it.]

There are fairytales about falling into wells. Or maybe this is a Little Mermaid kind of thing. Maybe we’ve been kidnapped. [That’s a fairytale thing.]

[explodosafe]

Asui Tsuyu. She's a friend from our class who has a frog quirk. [With whom he is obviously on first name bases.

He smiles at her before he self-consciously brushes a lock of hair behind his ear and gives a small cough. His roots aren't showing, right??]

It reminds me a bit about the tale of the Dragon Princess, but there aren't enough turtles around for that. Should we see if we can find some clues or a door? I didn't want to walk too far while you were still out.

[good_ideas]

...So the hands had webbed fingers? [Though she won’t comment on him using people’s first names. If anything, he seems like the kind of person who would do that without much thought given to it??

And now it’s time to look away from his hair and around the room.

That’s a Japanese fairy tale though. Who knows if these guys are Japanese or if they’re using some other story. Let’s go.

[There does seem to be a door at one end, though Shiho isn’t about to open it until she’s read it with psychometry. Before she does though...]

...Thanks, by the way. [For not leaving her here by herself.]

[explodosafe]

I'm not sure? Sorry, I wasn't paying much attention to it, so all I really registered was that they felt clammy, sorta female and I dunno... mutant quirk type? That's probably not telling you much, huh...

[He offers her an apologetic smile to show that he is not trying to be haughty. Just stumbling over how to convey things that always seemed really normal to him to somebody who isn't used to them at all.]

I doubt they are Japanese. But they seem to have collected fairy tales from all over the world. [At least he is pretty sure that harpies, shadow monsters and banshees don't all belong to the same fairytale group.

Kirishima stops next to the door and gives her a curious look.]

Anytime. For what, though?

[good_ideas]

[Shiho doesn’t mind. For one, she didn’t have anything else to contribute to this either. He wasn’t alone.]

Thanks for not leaving me here.

[And with that she’s opening the door. Straight onto a fishy face staring right at them.

Right.

She’s closing the door again.]

...That isn’t Tsuyu, is it?

[explodosafe]

[The hardened edge of Kirishima's hand clangs against the already closed again door and he is glaring at it.]

No. It's not.

[Her first reaction is to close the door on them. Kirishima's gut instinct is to stab them first and ask questions later. They're already off to a good start.]

[good_ideas]

[Shiho’s first reaction had been to keep them all safe, and she’s pretty sure attacking anything doesn’t keep them safe. (Though she does one hundred percent condone taking one of these things as hostages.)]

......We can’t attack them. [yet]

They could know where Kaoru-chan and Midoriya-san are. [But after that they’re having sashimi for lunch.]

[explodosafe]

[Generally Kirishima would agree that starting a fight unprovoked is a bad idea, but those girls? guys? people?? just grabbed them up and brought them who knows where without asking first. Worse, they took them by force and split them up for no discernible reason, he isn't going to take any chances with that.]

Yet. [He raises an eyebrow at her that turns his sarcastic remark half into a question, but he does lower his hand and shake his fingers out, although they are still hardened.]

Well, I definitely want some good explanations from them! Starting with where the others are and why they knocked us out like that!

[good_ideas]

[And normally she would agree but someone has to be the level-headed on here.]

We’ll get them whether they want to give them or not. But for now you need to not attack them. Okay?

[Giving him a pointed look (which is her equivalent of “Kirishima, stay”) she turns back to the door, her hand on the doorknob telling her that it’s... definitely still there. Waiting patiently for some reason.

Okay, they can do this. She eases it back open with a charming smile.]

Sorry about that, I think we got a little bit too excited about meeting you. [The mermaid gestures for them to follow and Shiho does, smile still pasted on her face as she thinks of all the horrible things she’ll visit on these creatures if they’ve so much as bruised Kaoru.]